site.btaToday's Observances: November 22

The world:

- National Day of Lebanon. Independence Day (from France, 1943).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1888: Parliament passes Bulgaria's first Bar Act.

1897: First trade agreement with France is gazetted.

1919: Parliament adopts Act on Trial and Punishment of the Culprits for the National Catastrophe, actively involved in declaring war in 1915-1918 without convening National Assembly first.

1952: Li-2 aircraft, flying from Sofia to Varna, crashes at Vezhen Peak in Central Balkan Range, killing all 26 passengers and 4 crew on board.

1990: Seventh Grand National Assembly amends Constitution, removing coat of arms from national flag.

2000: First transaction in securities effected on Bulgarian Stock Exchange: sale of 100 two-year government bonds at BGN 103.68 each.

2006: Parliament ratifies UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, adopted in Paris on October 20, 2005.